BARISTA · Neon Stick Fight fighter

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How often BARISTA gets picked, how often it wins, and its best and worst matchups, against the CPU and against other players. The numbers load from the game's server; they aren't available right now.

STATS

Measured against TEMP, the baseline (the tick on each bar).

HEALTH95

out of 100-5 vs TEMP

WALK1.15x

walking speed+15% vs TEMP

BACK WALK1.09x

stepping back+9% vs TEMP

RUN1.15x

running speed+15% vs TEMP

JUMP1.04x

jump height+4% vs TEMP

DASH1.15x

every glide and lunge+15% vs TEMP

WEIGHT0.92x

heavier flies less far-8% vs TEMP

STAMINA BAR1.00x

size of the attack budgetsame as TEMP

STAMINA REGEN1.20x

how fast stamina refills+20% vs TEMP

DAMAGE1.02x

every hit he lands+2% vs TEMP

BODY

SIZE: 1.00xthe whole rig
HEIGHT: 0.99xhead to feet
ARMS: 1.00xshoulder to fist
LEGS: 1.00xhip to foot
LIMBS: 0.95xthickness (hitbox and hurtbox)
LEAN: 3°leans in

REACH, ROOT TO FIST OR FOOT

JAB: 89 pxTEMP 88 px
CROSS: 117 pxTEMP 116 px
SNAP KICK: 91 pxTEMP 92 px
ROUNDHOUSE: 91 pxTEMP 92 px

MECHANICS

WIREDESPRESSO SHOT is a self buff, WIRED: startups 1.35x as fast for 2.5s.
CPU STYLERushdown: runs in, swings more, never backs off.

UNIQUE MOVES

Frames are at 60 fps, from the animation's own timing. Damage is before BARISTA's 1.02x damage stat. On block is about right, before any string follow-up. Tap or hover a move to replay it.

ESPRESSO SHOT

← 1

Wired 2.5s: faster startups

DAMAGE: —
HEIGHT: —
STARTUP: —
ACTIVE: —
RECOVERY: 11f
ON BLOCK: —
STAMINA: 20
REACH: —

self WIRED: startups 1.35x as fast for 2.5s

POUR OVER

← 2

Four-hit flurry, knocks down

DAMAGE: 3+3+3+8
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 2f
ACTIVE: 29f
RECOVERY: 12f
ON BLOCK: -8
STAMINA: 24
REACH: 109 px

knockdown
4 hits
glides 28 px

LATTE ART

1, 2, 1ends LATTE ART

String, whirling backfist

DAMAGE: 13
HEIGHT: HIGH
STARTUP: 5f
ACTIVE: 7f
RECOVERY: 20f
ON BLOCK: -15
STAMINA: 30
REACH: 95 px

ender
knockdown
glides 33 px

STRATEGY

How to beat BARISTA's own moves. Here → is toward BARISTA and ← is away, 1 2 3 4 are your buttons, and ↘ is down and toward. Every tip was scripted against the move in the game, with a TEMP doing the answering, and kept only if it worked.

ESPRESSO SHOT

← 1

He can't block or move while he drinks. If you're close, hit him: the cross (2) lands if you press it as he lifts the cup, and →2 reaches from a step farther out.
Right next to him, a throw (1+3) works for the whole drink.
The drink never hits you, so blocking it does nothing. It only makes his strikes come out faster for a couple of seconds.

POUR OVER

← 2

Stand-block all four hits. It's a mid, so crouching loses.
It comes out almost instantly. Up close, don't try to out-press it: everything you throw trades or loses.
It's safe once it's blocked. He ends up out of reach, so don't swing after it.

LATTE ART

1, 2, 1JAB › CROSS › LATTE ART

Stand-block all three, then punish the backfist with the cross (2) or →2.
After you block his first jab, jab back (1) or low kick (↓3). His cross is slow to follow and you hit first.
Crouch from the start and the first jab goes over your head. The string stops there, and a low kick (↓3) punishes.

BARISTA still has the strings every fighter shares. How to beat those is on TEMP's page.

CELEBRATION

Win the match and BARISTA breaks into this under the WINS banner.

PERFECT

Win a round without taking a hit and BARISTA ends it with LATTE POUR: the beaten body goes into the camera, hits the glass and squeaks down it.

LATTE POUR

A latte pour: the body across both hands like a pitcher, raised high and tipped, then a wiggling pour-flick at the camera; then the shaker shake.

stamped on the glass: EXTRA SHOT

STRINGS AND ENDERS

Press in rhythm: each press goes in during the last hit's recovery. Damage is for the whole string landing on TEMP, with combo decay. Stamina is the bar it spends, out of 100.

INPUT	STRING	HITS	PAYOFF	DMG	STAMINA
1, 2, 1	LATTE ARTUNIQUE	JAB › CROSS › LATTE ART	knockdown	30	68
1, 1, 2	ONE-TWO	JAB › JAB › CROSS	—	22	55
1, 1, 2, 4	FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	JAB › JAB › CROSS › FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	37	85
1, 1, 1	TRIPLE JAB	JAB › JAB › JAB	—	18	51
1, 2, 4	ONE-TWO KICK	JAB › CROSS › ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	33	60
1, 2, 3	UPTOWN	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN	—	27	60
1, 2, 3, 4	NEON TORNADO	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN › NEON TORNADO	launch	38	90
2, 3	CROSS SNAP	CROSS › SNAP KICK	—	17	43
2, 1, 4	SPIN HEEL	CROSS › JAB › SPIN HEEL	knockdown, wall splat	32	68
3, 3, 4	CRESCENT	SNAP KICK › SNAP KICK › CRESCENT	knockdown	31	74
↓1, ↓1, ↓3	LOW RUSH	LOW JAB › LOW JAB › LOW KICK	low	16	48
↓3, ↓3, 4	GROUND RUSH	LOW KICK › LOW KICK › RUSH KNEE	knockdown	27	66
↓2, 1, 2, 4	SKY SPIKE	UPPERCUT › JAB › CROSS › SKY SPIKE	knockdown, ground bounce	35	92
↓1, release ↓ 3	RISE AND SHINE	LOW JAB › RISING KICK	—	16	37

SHARED BASICS

Every fighter has these.

→ is toward the other fighter. Reach is on BARISTA's body.

INPUT	MOVE	DMG	HEIGHT	STARTUP	ON BLOCK	STAMINA	REACH	PROPERTIES
1	JAB	6	high	7	-16	17	89
2	CROSS	10	high	14	-18	21	117
3	SNAP KICK	7	mid	7	-9	22	91
4	ROUNDHOUSE	16	high	14	-18	22	91	knockdown
→ 1	BODY BLOW	9	mid	4	-7	19	89
→ 2	LUNGE CROSS	11	mid	11	-18	22	135
→→ 1	BULLET JABout of a dash or a run; the fast way in, bounced out and punished if blocked	7	high	7	-21	19	102	glides 66 px
→→ 2	COMET CROSSout of a dash or a run	16	mid	11	-14	30	165	ender, knockdown, wall splat
→→ 3	SKID KICKout of a dash or a run; blocked low it has no blockstun at all	8	low	9	-26	20	92	glides 79 px
→→ 4	RUNNING BOOTout of a dash or a run; slow out and very slow back	13	mid	10	-22	24	99	knockdown, glides 94 px
→ 4	OVERHEAD KICK	13	mid	14	-7	22	89
← 4	SPIN KICKnear a wall: Wall Spin	15	high	11	-9	22	92	knockdown
↓1	LOW JAB	5	low	4	-10	15	85	ducks highs
↓2	UPPERCUT	9	mid	9	-6	24	65	launch
↓3	LOW KICK	6	low	5	-15	18	87	ducks highs
↓4	SWEEP	9	low	11	-21	22	94	knockdown, ducks highs
release ↓, 1	RISING JABthe quick one out of a crouch, and a mid	7	mid	6	-10	17	89
release ↓, 2	RISING UPPERCUT	11	mid	9	-4	24	65	launch
release ↓, 3	RISING KICKthe second hit of ↓1, release ↓, 3	11	mid	7	-12	22	91
release ↓, 4	RISING KNEE	12	mid	4	-3	24	60	launch
1+3	THROWor 2+4; near a wall: Wall Slam	8	throw	2	—	22	100	throw, knockdown
1 in air	JUMP JAB	6	overhead	2	-1	12	85
2 in air	JUMP CROSS	9	overhead	5	-1	15	98
3 in air	FLYING KICK	10	overhead	3	-2	16	87
4 in air	AIR ROUNDHOUSE	13	overhead	5	-1	18	85	knockdown
↓4 in air	DIVE KICK	11	overhead	4	-5	16	68
↓4 over them	STOMPthe other fighter on the floor in front of you; ↓3 there is the low kick	9	low	10	—	18	89	glides 33 px
1 on the floor	WAKE KICKor 3, while knocked down; can't be hit until it swings; 17 to 24 frames minus on block	8	mid	9	—	12	—	knockdown
2 on the floor	WAKE SWEEPor 4, or ↓ and any button, while knocked down; can't be hit until it swings; 17 to 24 frames minus on block	7	low	11	—	12	—	knockdown

Also shared, with no button of their own: parry, a tap toward the other fighter just before a hit lands (↘ for a low), which costs nothing and leaves the striker reeling; getting up, where ↑ stands, ← or → rolls, and a button is a wake-up strike; and air recovery, a button at the right moment while juggled that lands you on your feet (right at the start of the window, with a jab).